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Jim Flatley Wasn't a Recliner
Every time I get on a plane, I think of Jim Flatley, the vice-president of sales at my old company, Plumtree Software. Corvette-driver, hair-gunker, suit-wearer,
One in Five Facebook Employees Has No Imagination Whatsoever
Whoa! Shocking news, guys. An engineer left Google for Facebook. The great Lars Rasmussen, creator of Google Maps and Google Wave, quit Google Thursday to
Cluster Buck Rogers!
Big news! Redfin has begun clustering listing search results! We’ve rolled out the feature to Seattle, Portland, the Bay Area, Sacramento and Phoenix so far,
The Crazy Woman Speaks
On a Sunday transcontinental flight, I was stuck in a middle seat next to a woman reading a book filled with conspiracy theories. I minded
CarMax Founder Austin Ligon Joins Redfin Board
What a coup for Redfin! The founder and former CEO of CarMax, Austin Ligon, joined Redfin’s board of directors this week, and also made a
100% Pure Grape-Nuts
TechCrunch’s Sarah Lacy just published an essay on how Silicon Valley has still been eating steaks throughout the recession. She makes the case using the
Announcing React Server
Wish your site had blazing fast page loads and seamless transitions between pages? Read on.
Python at Redfin
We hosted PuPPy, the Puget Sound Programming in Python meetup group, in the Redfin Seattle office yesterday — here’s a link to the slides.
ES6 in Node v6
What are the performance implications of switching from Babel to V8 native? We did a test to find out.
Destructuring and Default Parameters in ES6
How default parameters and destructuring interact in ES6 to make gorgeous code, and why just checking MDN isn’t enough
American Cities Were Built for Cars. What Will Happen When They All Leave?
The self-driving car could change the shape of the American city profoundly.
Redfin at the White House
What happens when technologists, community organizers and policymakers get together to talk about data